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17 Sep 2009, 13:07
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nink,
i've been pondering this and thought you could provide some input.
in the short-term goals essay, i want to mention a primary professional goal (investments/nonprofit related) and also state that i realize that i may not be able to attain that immediately after the mba due to a continuing weak economy. then i want to mention a related goal as a backup option.
is this kosher or should i stick to just the primary goal? an adcom at a top 5 school said they would like it if an applicant showed that he/she was thinking about the economic situation and planning for it.
just as an fyi, my gmat is below the SOM avg and i come from a investments / non-profit background.
i've been pondering this and thought you could provide some input.
in the short-term goals essay, i want to mention a primary professional goal (investments/nonprofit related) and also state that i realize that i may not be able to attain that immediately after the mba due to a continuing weak economy. then i want to mention a related goal as a backup option.
is this kosher or should i stick to just the primary goal? an adcom at a top 5 school said they would like it if an applicant showed that he/she was thinking about the economic situation and planning for it.
just as an fyi, my gmat is below the SOM avg and i come from a investments / non-profit background.
17 Sep 2009, 13:22
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niraja
Although I am not nink, I would like to state that by the time you graduate (nearly 3 years from now) the market can be completely different, look at 2002 vs 2005. Personally, I think its better to show that you are very sure of what you want to do, rather than list a bunch of options of what you might do, since it weakens your goals. If you do want to show understanding of the current situtation, you may go either 1) predict how the market will be in 2 years and your ability to capitalize on with with your background or 2) state somewhere how the economic conditions and changes in the industry has help your refocus on why and MBA is important.
Just my 2 cents.
17 Sep 2009, 14:57
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niraja
However grand your goal is, it is generally understood that you won't be able to achieve it right away after 2 years in bschool. As long as your goal makes sense, and it fits in nicely to the equation on how YOU + YALE SOM = ULTIMATE GOAL, you should sell it.
One recent YSOM alum started a clean energy recycling business (in plastics I think) while he/she was a student at YSOM. People here are overachievers. Their background, dreams, and traits are unique and very different. Therefore, whatever you goal is, the most important thing is that it's sensible and achievable and why YSOM is needed to get there. The situation has to be a WIN-WIN situation. You should be able to benefit from YSOM experience and YSOM in general has to benefit by having you as part of the community.
Many people think non-profit types go to YSOM but that's not true. I don't know what rest of my class wrote in their essays but whether you come from business background or non-profit background, many of us graduate and end up in fields where we didn't even consider before. 40-50% of our graduates end up in finance, 10-20% in consulting, 8% in healthcare etc etc.
So whatever your plan is now, it can change in the near future. YSOM isn't going to hold you responsible by enforcing whatever the goal that you write in your essay. What they want to see is growth and evolution, as well as a butterfly effect by having you here. If that growth and evolution takes you somewhere else in 2 to 3 years, then let it be.
